Seeder and planter.



F. w. ALGORN'.

SBEDER AND PLANTER.

APPLIQATION FILED DBO. 20, 1913. 1, 1 1 2,962. Patented-001),. 6, 1914.

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a a mill Eli/4500720 P. W. ALCORN.

SEEDER AND PLANTER.

APPLIGATION FILED 13110.20, 1913.

1,1 12,962. Patented 001;. 6, 1914.

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awwwl oz atbomwq FRANCIS W. ALCORN, F DARLING'I'ON, PENNSYLVANIA. 1

' SEEDER AND PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 6, 1914'.

Application filed December 20, 1913. Serial No. 807,968.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANCIS ALCORN,

.a citizen of the United States,residing at Darlington, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Seeders and Planters, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to seeders and planters, and it has particular referenceto a corn planter adapted to be operated wlth a single draft animal and which also may be utilized as a fertilizer distributer.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a one-horse corn planter and fertilizer distributer of sim 1e and improved construction which may e utilized at will for planting corn in hills or for drilling the same.

A further object of the invention is to produce a one-horse corn lanter which may be equipped with a ferti izer distributer 0 simple and improved construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a very simple and efiicient construction whereby the dropping plate or plates may be readily adjusted to vary the quantity of material drop ed at each 0 eration.

' With these an other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a top plan view of a combined planter and fertilizer distributer constructed in accordance with the invention.- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-- 3 in F i 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the base rame plate of the machine. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the line 55 in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sec tional detail view taken on. the line in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 7-7 in Fig.

Correspondinglparts in the several figures are denoted by li e characters of reference. The frame 15 of the improved machine is provided at its forward end with bearings or a shaft or axle 16 supporting the ground wheel 17. The. frame su ports in rear of the ound wheel a base p ate 18 which may consist of a skeletoncastmg having circular .front and rear bottom lates 19, 20, each surrounded by an upstan ing annular flange 21. Fitted over the flanges 21 are the circular cans or hoppers 22,23 which serve as re ceptacles for cornand fertilizing. material, respectively. The bottom plates 19, 20"are provided adjacent to their proximate edges with a ertures 24 for the passage of mater1al. he cans 22 .23 may be bolted upon or otherwise detachably. connected with the base plate 18. Dropping plates 25, 26 which consist of C1ICl1l&1(f)l&t8$ or disks of proper thickness are fitte loosely within the res ective cans 22, 23, resting on thebottom plates 19, 20. Each can is provided. with interiorl disposed lugs 27 ,to support a sector-shaped cut-off late 28 which is positioned directly above t e drop ing plate, the parts being assembled by a OR 29 passing through the cut-off plate, the dropping plate and the bottom plate associated with each can.. This construction enables the parts to. be very readily assembledfor disassembled so that needed repairs may be quickly and inexpensively made.

The receptacles are provided intheir. opposed side walls with slots 30, each ofsaid slots being disposed horizontally andin registry with the dropping plate in each receptacle. Each dro ping plateis provided with a plurality o apertures 31 disposed in circumferential series, said apertures being of various area to form pockets of various capacity for the reception of seed or fertilizin material. The apertures in the seed plate iave been shown of circular shape andthose in the fertilizer plate of. triangu lar sha e, but the shapes may be varied at will. ach droppin plate 1s provided in the rim' thereof wit threaded recesses 32 for the reception of an eye bolt 33, said recesses bein positioned opposite the aper tures or poc ets 31. In assembling the parts each dropping plate rotated about its axis which is the axis of the-bolt 29, until the aperture 31 of-the desired size is ositioned ,between the bottom plate and t e cut-off.

:the dropping plate to receive a plate; the eye bolt 33 is then engaged with the recess 32 through the slot 30, wh1ch lat ter is of sufiicient length to permlt the dropping plate to be rocked about its axis unt11 the aperture or pocket is carried clear of charge from the contents of the receptacle, after which the dropping late may be restored to a position where t e pocket will aline with the aperture 24 in the bottom plate to permit the charge to drop therethrough.

For the purpose of actuatmg the drop ping plates mechanism is provided includmg a lever 34 which is fulcrumed on the base frame, one arm of said lever belng connected with the eye bolts 33 by means of link rods 35, whereby the dropping plates maybe pushed in one direction; a retractin spring 36 is also provided to make a quic and effective retractive movement. The other arm of the lever is rovided with a head 36 lying in the path 0 beveled tappets 37 associated with a disk 38 which" is operatively connected with the ground wheel.

- The tappets 37 are bolted upon or otherwise detachably connected with the disk 38, and

the number of said tappets may be varied at will, it being also understood that said tappets may be disposed any desired d 1stance apart. The machine is provided with handles 39 adjacent to one of which is sup- 5 ported a rod 40, one end of which is suitably connected with the lever 34, the head 36 of which may thereby be moved out of the path to throw the machine out of operation.

Connected with and extending downwardly from the base plate 18 are downwardly extending tubes or ducts 41 42, said ducts being properly positioned with to the apertures 24 to convey the seed and fertilizing material to the ground. The seed tube or duct 41 serves to support the furrow opening disks 43, said disks being journaled on bolts or studs 44 from which frame bars .45 extend rearwardly to support a presser disk 46, said disk being forced downwardly by the action of a spring 47 coiled about a rod'48, one end of which is guided through an aperture in the frame 15, and the other end of which is connected with the frame bars 45. Covering blades may also be provided at the rear end of the frame of the -I would have it presser disk may be dispensed with when desired and also thatfurrow opening means .other than the disks 43 may be used. It

will, furthermore, be understood that the fertilizer dropping means may be dispensed with when desired, orthat said fertilizer dropping means may be temporarily thrown out of action without interfering with the operation of the seed dropping means by simply detaching the link rod 35 that conrespect nects the actuatin lever 34 'Withthe drop-- pingplate in the ertilizer receptacle.

' In the operation of, this invention, when the machine is drawn over the ground, the actuating lever will be rocked in one direction by engagement with the tappets 37, thereby oscillating the dropping plates until one of the ockets or apertures in'each plate receive a charge. When the lever ecomes disengaged from the tappet, it isrestored to its initial position by the action ofthe retracting spring 36, causing the dropping plates to be retracted with a quick and snappy movement that will cause the contents of the-pocket to be discharged through the aperture 24 from whence it is conducted to the furrow which has been opened by the means provided for the purpose. The operation of the covering means and the'presser disk is well understood. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a machine of base frame having circular bottom plates and twin receptacles rising therefrom, each bottom plate having a discharge aperture,

.is drawn from beneath the cut-off late to the class described, a v

and the receptacles being provided with horizontal slots in their opposed faces, dropping plates mounted for oscillation on the ottom plates within the receptacles, each dropping plate having a plurality of pockets, andeach dropping plate having an leyebolt connected with the rim thereof and of the tappets 37 when it shall be desired 'cut-ofl' plateswithin the receptacles, an actuating lever,'links connecting one arm of extending through the slot of the receptacle,

to engage the other arm of'the lever, and a retracting spring.

2. In a machine of the class described,

.twin receptacles having horizontal slots in their opposed faces, oscillatory seed plates in the receptacles, each having a plurality of pockets of various capacity and threaded recesses in the rim thereof opposite the pockets, eye bolts threaded into one recess of each dropping plate and extending through the slot of the receptacle, an actuating lever, tappet means engaging one arm of the letive dropping plates.

ver, and links connecting the other arm of' the lever with the eye bolts of the respecprovided with discharge apertures near their' a proximate edges, each bottom plate being surrounded by an upstanding flange, twin receptacles engaging the flanges and bolted on the base frame, said receptacles having horizontal slots in their opposed wall portions, and said receptacles being provided with interior lugs above said slots, dropping plates supported on the bottom plates, cut-01f plates supported on the lugs, axial bolts assembling the cut-01f plates with the dropping plates and the bottom plates, an eye bolt connected adjustably and detachably with each dropping plate and extending through the slot of the receptacle, a lever fulcrumed on the base frame, tappet means engaging one arm of the lever, linksconnecting t e other arm of the lever with the eye bolts, and a retracting spring, each droping plate being provided with a 'eircum- 10 e respect to which the eye bolts are adjustable.

rentlally arranged series of pockets with In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS W. ALCORN. Witnesses:

OLIVE G. ELDER, MARGUERITE L. ALCORN. 

